Compositor type case cabinet



Filed Jan. 19, 1952 E. HUNZIKER 2,723,127

COMPOSITOR TYPE CASE CABINET 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 8, 1955 E. HUNZIKERCOMPOSITOR TYPE CASE CABINET 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 19, 19522,723,127 Patented Nov. 8, 1 955 coMrosrroR CASE CABINET Emil Hunziker,Bern, Switzerland, assignor to Luscher, Leber & Co. A. G., Bern,Switzerland, 2 joint stock company of Switzerland Application January19, 1952, Serial No. 267,247 Claims priority, application SwitzerlandJanuary23, 1951 4 Claims. Cl. 276-44 f This invention relates to acompositors type case stand, inwhich anumber of type cases is arrangedfor withdrawal like drawers and which'offers to the compositor ahorizontal work piece free from obstructions, on which a galley can bedeposited and which, in addition, provides support for a type case bothin horizontal and in forwardly inclined position.

In the drawings afiixed to this specification and forming part thereofan embodiment of this invention is illustrated diagrammatically by wayof example.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a-perspective view, and

Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the right-hand half of the case stand.

As shown in the drawings, two cabinets 1 of equal height are arranged injuxtaposition, each one having a plurality of type cases 2 arranged insuperposition. Each cabinet is topped by a zinc plate 3 which is freelyaccessible from the front. The left top plate, which is free from anyobstructions, serves as a horizontal work place on which may bedeposited galleys 4. On the rear section of this cabinet is mounted ashelf 5 with side walls 6 and a rear wall 7. Near the front edges of themiddle and their right-hand side walls two supports 8 are arrangedcoaxially (only one being visible). To the rear of these supports, butat a higher level, an angle iron 9 extends between the side walls withits open side arranged on top.

It serves as a support for a container 10 for space material arranged ininclined position. On the supports 8 rest the legs 12 of a strap 11which can be shifted into the position shown in dot-and-dash lines,where its bevelled ends 13 can rest in the corner formed at the foot endof the rear wall 7 of the shelf.

In both of its positions the strap 11-12 will be secured by means of twopairs of checks 14 fixed to the legs 12 and alternately abutting againstthe pins 8. These arms V are further provided with indentations 15,which in the position of the strap 1112 shown in full lines embrace theback of the channel 9. Rounded indentations 16 on the bottom sides ofthe arms 12 secure their position on the pins 8 when the strap assumesthe position shown in dot-and-dash lines.

Directly underneath the top plate 3 of the right-hand cabinet two metaltubes 17 are fixed, each of which embraces a liar 18 adapted to bedisplaced lengthwise through a distance about equal to the longitudinaldisplacement of the strap arms 12. Each of the tubes 17 is formed with alongitudinal bayonet slot 19. A pin 20 fixed to each bar 18 projectsthrough the slot and fixes the bar 18 in either end position. A head 21fixed to the end of each bar 18 projects above the surface of the topand a rubber buffer 22 is seated in the head.

The bars 18 and the strap 11 form coacting supports for a case 2 to beheld in forwardly inclined position above the top plate 3. This case mayassume two positions, one shown in full lines, where it rests with itsfront end against the projecting head 21 of the two bars projecting asfar as possible from the front wall of the stand. In

the position of the parts 18 and 11 shown in dot-anddash lines thecase'is supported with its front ledge resting on the front edge of theplate 3, being prevented from slipping olf by the projecting head 21.

As shown more particularly in Fig. 1, a drawer directly below the worktable 3 may serve as a' receptacle'fo'r spacing" material. This drawercan be withdrawn into a position where a considerable part of it becomesaccessible from above even if the bars 18 have been pulled out fully andsupport a case. Several such drawers may be pro vided. I

The shelf 5 presents a number of horizontal compartrnents 23 serving forthe deposition of further spacing material. The bottoms 25 extendingbetween the side walls 24 of these compartments are inclined towards therear. A V-shaped ledge 26 extending across the bottom 27 of thelowermost row of compartments 23 serves as a channel for the receptionof type assembled for the formation of lines. Several such V-shapedledges may be provided I v i i wish it to be understood that I doubtdesire to be limited to the details shown in the drawings and describedin the specification for obvious modifications will occur to a personskilled in the art.

I claim:

I. A compositors case stand comprising a lower part having a front, aplurality of cases drawerlike slidable in and out of said lower partthrough said front, said lower part having a substantially horizontaltop, said top having a rear portion, a plurality of rodlike supportingmeans longitudinally substantially horizontally slidable in said lowerpart adjacent to said top to project from said front and to be retractedinto said lower part, additional supporting means disposed above andmovably connected with said rear portion for movement towards and fromsaid front to assume a forward and a rearward position, each of saidcases having a front end and a rear end, said rodlike supporting meansbeing adapted to support the front end and said additional supportingmeans being adapted to support the rear end of one of said cases aftersaid case has been slid out of said lower part and placed with the frontend on said rodlike supporting means and with the rear end on saidadditional supporting means, locking means connected with said rodlikesupporting means for locking the latter in either one of their extremepositions, handles individually connected with the front ends of saidrodlike supporting means and extending upwardly beyond said top whensaid rodlike supporting means are in one of their extreme positions,said handles forming an abutment for the case which is placed on saidsupporting means, said additional supporting means including arrestingmeans for arresting said supporting means in two extreme positionscorresponding to the extreme positions of said rodlike supporting means,said lower part including stationary tubes individually slidablyreceiving said rodlike supporting means, a longitudinal slot in eachtube, a circumferential slot portion extending from each end of saidlongitudinal slots, and a pin projecting from each of said rodlikesupporting means into the slot of the tube receiving the supportingmeans and constituting said locking means.

2. A compositors case stand comprising a lower part having a front, aplurality of cases drawerlike slidable in and out of said lower partthrough said front, said lower part having a substantially horizontaltop, said top having a rear portion, a plurality of rodlike supportingmeans longitudinally substantially horizontally slidable in said lowerpart adjacent to said top to project from said front and to be retractedinto said lower part, additional supporting means disposed above andmovably connected with said rear portion for movement towards and fromsaid front to assume a forward and a rearward position,

each of said cases having a front end and a rear end, said rodlikesupporting means being adapted to support the front end and saidadditional supporting means being adapted to support the rear end of oneof said cases after said case has been slid out of said lower part andplaced with the front end on said rodlike supporting means and with therear end on said additional supporting means, a rear wall verticallyupwardly extending from the rear of said top and forming a cornertherewith, a side wall at each end of said lower part and extendingvertically upwardly from said rear portion at a right angle with respectto said rear wall, a support projecting from each of said side walls andbeing above said top, saidsupports facing one another and forming a restfor said additional supporting means, and a transverse memberinterconnecting said side walls and being in the rear of and higherabove said top than said supports, said additional supporting meansabutting against said transverse member from below, when said additionalsupporting means are in forward position, said additional supportingmeans having rear ends extending into said corner when said additionalsupporting means are in rearward position.

3. A compositors case stand according to claim 2 comprising a receptaclehaving a forward end resting on said transverse member andhaving arearward end at a higher elevation than said forwardend and abuttingagainst said rear wall.

1 4. A compositors case stand according to claim 2 in which saidadditional supporting means have recesses into which individually extendsaid supports when said additional supporting means are in rearwardposition and said additional supporting means have additional recessesinto which extends said transverse member when said additionalsupporting means are in forward position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS272,243 Harmony Feb. 13, 1883 383,292 Harmony May 22, 1888 415,052Miller et al Nov. 12, 1889 435,587 Jones Sept. 2, 1890 482,522 Hamiltonet al Sept. 13, 1892 544,055 Smith Aug. 6, 1895 870,601 Walker Nov. 12,1907 912,462 Gaumer Feb. 16, 1909 2,256,372 Chabon 'Sept. 16, 19412,439,790 1948 Becker Apr. 20,

